date:Oct 13, 2015
ember and above the required minimum 13.5% outlined in the suspension trade agreements between the United States and Mexico. The 2014-15 ending stocks-to-use ratio was estimated at 13.9%, down from 14.2% as the September estimate.
Lower carryover for 2014-15 was the result of slightly lower domestic production, lower tariff rate quota imports, higher U.S. exports and higher food deliveries more than offsetting a 79,000-ton-increase in imports from Mexico. The increase for 2015-16 was the result